Mohamed Fayek

Mohamed Fayek (born 1929) is an Egyptian politician who held various cabinet posts from 1967 to 1971 during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser. He was the minister of national guidance in 1967, the minister of information between 1968 and 1970 and the state minister for foreign affairs between 1970 and 1971. He was also elected as a deputy to the People's Assembly in 1968.

Early life and education Fayek was born in Cairo in 1929. Between 1955 and 1966 Fayek was the head of the African Affairs Bureau attached to the Presidency. He also served as the vice-president of the Egyptian Committee for Afro-Asian Solidarity. He was elected to the People's Assembly in 1968 and served there for two terms representing the Kasr El Nil constituency of Cairo. When Fayek was in office the Six-Day War between the United Arab Republic (UAR) composed of Egypt, Jordan and Syria and Israel occurred, and the UAR was defeated which led to the resignation of Gamal Abdel Nasser. Just before his resignation Nasser told Fayek that he would be tried and hanged in the middle of Cairo. Mohamed Hassanein Heikal replaced Fayek as minister of information. These officials are called the May group which was consisted of the Nasser supporters. Fayek had been the head of Bureau of African Affairs during his tenure as the minister of state for foreign affairs.

Following his release from the prison Fayek assumed various positions in the organizations such as Arab Organization for Human Rights. He also headed a publishing company entitled Dar Al Mustaqbal Al Arabi which publishes work by liberal scholars and writers such as Galal Amin, Ismail Sabri Abdullah and Edwar al-Kharrat.

As of 2011 Fayek was serving as the chairman of the Egyptian Ombudsman Office. He was also the chairman of the board of directors of Al Arabi, a Nasserist newspaper.

Personal life and work Fayek is married and has two children.

In 1984 Fayek's mémoire entitled Abdel Nasser wal Thawra Al-Afriqiyya (Arabic: Abdel Nasser and the African Revolution) was published by Dar Alwehda in Beirut, Lebanon.